Biosecurity
The Mite a Certificate Can’t Stop
A parasite that could break commercial beekeeping is moving toward North America. Canada’s main line of defence is a certificate that cannot…
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A faster, more inclusive advocacy organisation working on the policies, programs and border issues that affect honey producers, pollinators, and queen and nuc breeders.
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Honey
The Currency of Trust: We Police Banknotes But Ignore Our Food
There is a beehive carved into the Bank of England’s own iconography. It has been there a long…
Honey
Ottawa Just Put $3 Billion on the Table for Food. Is Any of it for Bees?
Short answer: not by name — the new National Food Security Strategy doesn’t mention bees, honey or pollination…
Honey
The Paradox of “Natural”
How did the world’s GMO-soy superpower also become its top supplier of organic honey? This piece traces how…
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